Great to see a reference to the WPI plan (my alma mater). I think one of the advantages of an engineering school is that you are all in the same boat with need

Great to see a reference to the WPI plan (my alma mater). I think one of the advantages of an engineering school is that you are all in the same boat with needing to get through the tough classes (and maybe are less distracted by business majors with more time on their hands). I had a tightly nit group of friends who helped each other get through the harder classes like signals & systems, cryptography, etc. WPI is quarter based so there is intense focus on each subject over a seven week period. If things go truly off the rails and you snowflake it is possible to recover (with semesters the concept of failing seems almost inconceivable).